Subject: Re: X "misbehaves" at any colordepth other than 8. Please help!
From: MAM VAN STEENSEL (mvanstee@baserv.uci.kun.nl)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 13:24:44 MDT
What X server are you using? This sounds like a timing issue.
Maurice van Steensel, MD
Department of Dermatology
Molecular and Clinical Genodermatology
University Hospital Nijmegen
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Jeff Meininger wrote:
>
> I have a PoserComputing PowerWave 604/132 with the standard ATI card with
> 2 megs VRAM.
>
> X runs very well in 8 bpp mode, but does some strange things at other
> depths...
>
> 15: Doesn't crash, but mouse cursor leaves strange artifacts behind.
>
> 16: Mouse cursor leaves black-and-white-checkers (like the root window
> before it gets soemthing drawn onto it) even after it gets something drawn
> on it. About the time the gnome icons appear on the root window, X
> crashes.
>
> 24: X dosen't crash, but the screen has strange overlapping and bizarre
> video artifacts. Nearly unreadable.
>
> 32: Monitor clicks and buzzes like it's going to change modes, but then
> returns to a prompt (X Crashed).
>
>
> I'm using a stock install of Champion-1.2 with BootX.
>
> I've searched the web and looked through a few month's archives, but
> wasn't able to find a solution to my problem.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> -Jeff Meininger
>
>
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